Football: I am only 16 years old, and you want me to retire and make a comeback?

Chapter 161 Tom, do you think I still have a chance to improve?

[At the age of 38, you led the team to the Europa League knockout stage as the first in the group, and you are also the assist king of the Europa League. This is a very exaggerated achievement for a 38-year-old player, but you must not get carried away by it.]

[Score 10 goals or 18 assists in the league, mission difficulty: Hell]

[Mission Reward: French Treasure Chest·Superstar]

Current progress: Goals (4/10), Assists (11/18)

Lying in his apartment room at night, Tang Ye suddenly received a message from the system.

10 league goals or 18 league assists.

hiss--

Taking a deep breath, I can only say that this task is extremely difficult.

You have to know that the league Tang Ye is in now is the La Liga!

Let’s not talk about how difficult it is to score 10 goals in La Liga.

18 assists!
This is enough to make him the La Liga assist king of the season!

Of course, the situation Tang Ye is currently facing is not all bad news.

Remember, he is carrying a piggy bank on his back now.

The system rewards him with a superstar treasure chest. Tang Ye can completely complete the piggy bank upgrade task to upgrade the superstar treasure chest to a legendary treasure chest!
French legendary treasure chest!

Although he didn't know what he would get, Tang Ye was very much looking forward to it.

At present, apart from the ultimate template of Zhou Botong, the best he has is the superstar template.

He doesn’t even have a legendary template yet!
……

The next day was a holiday for Villarreal. Most of the players of Villarreal's first team were out playing, and those who were not out playing were mostly at home with their families.

The match against Ajax was very tiring and the players all needed a good rest.

As one of the starting players, Tang Ye was not so lucky today.

He needs to go to the International School of Ceramics affiliated with the club for classes!

"Hey, Tom!"

Jimmy from the youth training team came in with a schoolbag on his back and stretched out his hand to fist bump with Tang Ye.

Sitting in his seat in the last row of the classroom, Tang Ye's expression was not very good.

He had taken too many days off due to league and Europa League matters, which resulted in him not completing the courses he should have completed.

Courses like mathematics, composition, and chemistry are compulsory for students of Tang Ye's age.

Moreover, the club was very understanding. Knowing that Tang Ye did not have much time for classes, they changed the original 3:8 p.m. school closing time to : p.m.

In this way, Tang Ye, who has a heavy workload, can complete three days of courses in just one day on the off-day!
The main players of other youth teams, such as Jimmy, are in almost the same situation as Tang Ye.

Do not!
They are not exactly the same!

Tang Ye hung his head.

Most of the players in the youth team are 16 or 7 years old, and they are young athletes, so they generally have plenty of energy.

It is no problem for them to compete yesterday and study today.

But Tang Ye is different.

He is 38 years old this year. How can a 38-year-old bear such a shape!
There was no bell in the classroom, and Tang Ye looked at the time displayed on his mobile phone.

It's time for class.

"Sorry, sorry, I'm here!"

The language teacher came hurriedly, put the things on the podium, and started writing on the whiteboard with a pen.

"Tom, you're leaving at 8:?"

The FIFA in Jimmy's phone is still loading. He has been practicing hard for weeks, with the goal of competing with Tang Ye when he meets him in class today!
"Of course, I haven't been to class for a whole month, and today I have to finish three weeks of classes in one day."

As Tang Ye spoke, he observed the movements of the teacher on the podium, and at the same time he found time to adjust his starting lineup.

It’s actually not that difficult to do three things at once.

Jimmy nodded.

I thought first-team players had special privileges, but now it seems that whether it is the first-team or the youth team, everyone has the same academic tasks.

Entering the game, Jimmy also began to adjust his starting lineup. He was going to play a few singles with Tang Ye in this class: "By the way, Tom, if we don't finish school until 8pm, it will be dark. Wouldn't it be unsafe for you to ride a bicycle back home?"

"This...isn't it?"

Tang Ye turned his head away from his phone and looked at Jimmy who was sitting next to him. Jimmy was also looking at him: "My father will drive over to pick you up in the evening and can take you home together. He is a fan of Villarreal and he will be very happy to see you."

Most youth training players have their parents pick them up to go to the base for training and school, but the problem is that Tang Ye is not a local and his parents do not live here.

But this is not a problem.

Tang Ye has a lot of friends, and it was the great captain Bruno who sent him to school this morning.

If nothing unexpected happens at night, it should be Ale. We'll see whether it's a Maserati or a Mercedes parked in front of the school.

Just as Tang Ye was thinking, a message from Ale popped up on his phone.

[Do you finish school at 8: tonight? Bruno and I will pick you up together then. We have a team party tonight to celebrate yesterday's game! ]

It turned out that Alai and Bruno came together.

Tang Ye showed Jimmy the message on his phone: "It's okay, Jimmy, my friend will pick me up tonight."

"Students, please don't play with your cellphones."

When the teacher's voice came from the stage, Tang Ye quickly retracted his hand holding the phone.

Jimmy nodded: "Well, the team is having a party...Tom, I watched your game against Ajax yesterday, your spinning assist was really amazing."

"Oh, you think so too?"

After receiving the approval of his deskmate, Tang Ye raised his eyebrows and said, "Did you see how I turned? Their defensive midfielder was fooled by me. It was the defensive midfielder who just came on. His name seemed to be Van der Beck?"

"Haha, because no one thought you would do that. Um, is this spinning pass a training task for your first team?"

When it comes to the first team, Jimmy's eyes light up.

For every youth team player, the first team is their highest dream.

Jimmy’s dream is to join Villarreal’s first team before he turns 22 and become a registered player in La Liga!

"Training mission? No, no, I made it myself. I just thought it was fun. Jimmy, don't you think it's fun?"

Tang Ye laughed out loud. He was searching for FIFA game guides on his phone, wanting to see if there was any skill similar to [Anthony's Ultimate Rotation] in the game.

If there is one, he must play it!

"I did it myself, isn't that wrong?"

Jimmy frowned.

"What's wrong, Jimmy? This thing is forbidden by the coach during our training. Do you know Mr. Phelan? He is a very bad person. If he catches me spinning in circles during training, I will be punished."

Tang Ye explained: "But I have only been caught by him once so far, just before the game. That was the first time. At that time, I didn't know that I couldn't do that, otherwise I wouldn't be discovered by him. You know, I'm very powerful."

After hearing Tang Ye's words, Jimmy became even more confused. He temporarily exited the game interface, logged into Google, and found a video on the Europa League official website.

"Post-game interview?"

Tang Ye opened his eyes wide: "Jimmy, why are you looking at this?"

"No, look."

Jimmy showed the video content to Tang Ye.

Jimmy didn't turn on the sound, but the video had both Spanish and English subtitles, so it was not a problem for Tang Ye to read.

"When Tom first came to the team, I found that his ball sense was not very good, so I added a special training... Seeing him use this technique in the game and get assists, I was really happy as a coach."

"..."

The video is 12 minutes long, and the half-minute clip Jimmy played is the key to the entire video.

After reading it, Tang Ye frowned unconsciously.

Take a deep breath.

its not right!
Mr. Phelan in the video looked strange to him!

Well, how should I put it, it wasn’t completely unfamiliar. Tang Ye had a feeling that he seemed to have encountered a similar situation before.

But I just can't say exactly when I encountered it.

Strange……

……

"Oh, Feilan isn't here today, so we can have fun without worry!"

In the bar box, Tang Ye was lying on the sofa. There were still four teammates who had not arrived yet, and those who arrived first needed to wait for those who came later.

"Is such that"

Rodri was also very excited. In yesterday's match against Ajax, he got a very high score of 8.2, only 0.3 points away from Tang Ye's MVP.

"But I understand the reasoning. What is this?"

Rodri put a Nike backpack on the sofa, and then looked at Tang Ye lying on the sofa.

“This is a backpack.”

Tang Ye said as a matter of course.

"This guy just came out of school"

Bruno helped Tang Ye explain: "Sebastian and I went to pick it up together"

“I know it’s a schoolbag.”

Rodri turned Tang Ye's backpack around and said, "Isn't our sponsor Joma? Why is your backpack from Nike?"

“I bought it myself.”

Musacchio waved his hand: "Student Tom wants to buy himself a Nike school bag, what's the problem with that?"

"No, no!"

Rodri held up the backpack and then pinched the logo on it.

"Haha, Sergio, what are you surprised about?"

Bruno smiled and leaned his head closer, but when he saw what was on the trademark, the smile on his face suddenly froze.

Nike & Utrecht
2015-2016 season (athlete sponsorship version)
"U...Utrecht?"

"Hahaha!"

Ale heard the noise and came over, and he also saw the trademark.

As a former Utrecht player, Ale certainly knew the origin of Tang Ye's backpack.

This is the equipment Nike gave them last season!

"Tom?"

Bruno narrowed his eyes, and he and Rodri slowly approached Tang Ye.

"No, no, no"

Tang Ye, who was lying on the sofa, quickly stepped back: "I use the joma one to store football equipment, and this one to store books. I have been using this backpack because I can't fit too much stuff in a suitcase. I have a lot of luggage."

"Okay, okay, I know."

Bruno asked the waiter for a pair of scissors, and then cut off the label on Tang Ye's schoolbag: "Tom, you must be careful about this. If reporters or fans find out, you will be on the headlines."

Bruno returned the schoolbag with the logo cut off to Tang Ye.

Bruno knew Tang Ye's character, he certainly didn't do it on purpose, but this kind of thing must be avoided. They are all Golden Boy Award-winning stars, it would be bad if the reporters caught them.

"It's okay, I'll just buy a new one in two days."

Tang Ye said, not knowing when Alai sat next to him: "Tom, do you really want to go back to Utrecht?"

This……

To be honest, this question is a bit difficult to answer.

Ramsselaar and De Jong are still in Utrecht, and Tang Ye certainly misses his good friends.

But he remembered what Bruno had just said.

Now he is a player of Villarreal.

"In no mood!"

Tang Ye's tone was very firm.

"Wow"

Alai nodded: "Are you thinking about Mr. Eric?"

"What!"

Tang Ye jumped up from the sofa: "Sebastian, don't be like this, I can't miss Mr. Eric"

"So what happened to Ten Hag?"

Bruno and Musacchio stared with wide eyes.

What on earth made Tom so scared!
Will Villarreal’s king of football also be afraid?

"No, nothing, just small things"

Tang Ye sat back on the sofa, and at this time the late players arrived.

The waiter came in with a small cart filled with a variety of beers and cocktails.

Villarreal has 25 first-team players and 6 youth team players.

There are 31 people gathered together, each holding a bottle of beer, so there are 30 bottles in total.

"Wait, I don't have one yet, Bruno, get me a bottle of, uh, a cocktail, I want the green one"

Tang Ye asked Bruno, who was sitting next to the cart, to help get the wine. Bruno fiddled with it for a while, and finally found a bottle of Coke on the table and handed it to Tang Ye.

“I want a cocktail.”

Tang Ye reminded him, and Bruno shook his head, pointing to the notice posted inside the box.

[No entry for those under 18 years old]

"..."

“I’m already 18 years old.”

"You came in with a schoolbag on your back and told me you were 18?"

Bruno waved his hands: "No!"

"No, you can't use a backpack if you're over 18?"

Tang Ye was not convinced by this and he was determined to experience the feeling of being drunk today.

I heard that people can't even walk steadily after getting drunk, but Tang Ye didn't believe it at all.

As a semi-professional...well, it should be considered a professional player.

As a professional player, Tang Ye believes that he has a strong ability to control his body. He feels that he can walk normally after being drunk!

Hearing Tang Ye's words, Bruno reached out, opened Tang Ye's backpack, and took out a book at random.

【Mathematics (Second semester of high school)】

[Spanish Football Association joint education, youth training academy player teaching materials]

"Wow, not a single word was written, awesome"

"Come on, Tom, tell me how old you are again."

"..."

The veteran players on the team wouldn't let him drink, so Tang Ye had no choice but to hold on to the Coke in his hand.

Soon everyone started playing the drinking game.

It would be inappropriate for Tang Ye to drink Coke again at this stage, so Musacchio suggested changing Tang Ye's drinking punishment to physical training.

Most people would have to drink if they lost the game, but if Tang Ye lost, he would have to choose from many corporal punishments.

Tang Ye didn't want to be physically punished, but he really wanted to participate in the game. In the end, he had no choice but to accept Musacchio's proposal.

The final result was that Tang Ye stayed in the bar for almost 5 hours, didn't drink a drop of alcohol, but did more than 300 push-ups.

"17, 18, 19... and one more, Tom, come on, Tom!"

Bakambu cheered Tang Ye on the side. Exhausted, Tang Ye did the last push-up and then sat on the ground.

I thought Mr. Eric was abominable enough.

Now it seems that his teammates are just as hateful!

The game was very fun. The three forwards, Bakambu, Sansone, and Pato, won a lot of games because of their quick reactions, so they only drank a small amount of alcohol.

Looking at Tang Ye sitting on the ground gasping for breath, the players in the box laughed. At this time, Bakambu seemed to think of something, and the smile on his face suddenly disappeared.

"what happened?"

Pato asked quietly.

"This one……"

Bakambu took a deep breath and said, "You say... if we punish Tom like this, what if Tom doesn't pass the ball to us during the game?"

Sansone and Pato's eyes narrowed suddenly.

"No, it won't, right?"

As we all know, Tang Ye likes to pass the ball to his good friend.

The better the friends, the more frequently Tang Ye would pass the ball.

Why is Haller the top scorer of Villarreal now? Isn’t it because he and Tom are very good friends?
The longer you are friends, the deeper the friendship becomes. In this regard, Ale has advantages that Bakambu and others do not have.

Pity!
Bakambu shook his head: "Actually, we could have helped Tom drink when he was fined. I was too slow to react!"

It’s a bit regrettable that Bakambu missed a great opportunity to enhance his friendship with Tang Ye.

If you think about it carefully, if Bakambu can advance from Tom's good friend to Tom's super good friend, then his ranking in the scorer list this season will definitely rise sharply.

But he missed this opportunity!

"it's okay no problem!"

Pato waved his hands and said: "It's just a game, no one will take it seriously, don't be nervous"

……

The next night, Pato knocked on the door of Tangye's apartment.

"Alexander!"

When he opened the door and saw that it was Pato, Tang Ye smiled.

I have been playing games at home since I got up at 3 pm. I am a little bored now.

It was such a coincidence that Pato came to visit me at this time.

"Haha, Tom!"

Pato walked into Tang Ye's apartment: "Wow, who could have imagined that the Golden Boy Award winner actually lives in a small apartment"

The first time Pato came to Tang Ye’s place, he was actually a little surprised.

Pato has played professional football for many years, and Tang Ye can be said to be the purest athlete he has ever met.

The two men sat on the chairs and chatted for a long time, and Tang Ye also asked Pato if he could play games.

However, Pato didn't know how to play the game, which made Tang Ye a little disappointed.

It would be great if Dembele was a player of Villarreal. In that case, Tang Ye couldn’t imagine how happy he would be every day.

"By the way, Tom, look at the current scorer list"

Pato took out his mobile phone, and the top scorer list of this season's La Liga appeared in front of Tang Ye.

Tang Ye took a closer look and found that he is currently ranked 4th in the league's scorer list with 11 goals, which is a very good result.

As for Pato, his ranking is slightly behind.

Ranked 3th with 17 goals.

Suddenly, Pato raised his head and stared straight into Tang Ye's eyes: "Tom, do you think... do I still have a chance to improve?"

"Of course, it's only the 12th round now, your ranking will definitely rise later."

Tang Ye said very seriously.

"..."

Pato didn't say anything because Tang Ye didn't seem to understand what he meant.

So Pato changed the question: "Tom, is there anything you want my help with?"

"It's okay, I can handle it myself."

Tang Ye’s biggest problem now is to get more goals or assists so that he can get the reward from the system’s French superstar treasure chest.

You have to rely on yourself for this, Pato can't help Tang Ye.

"No, no, no, teammates should help each other. Don't you really need anything?"

It is normal for teammates to help each other...

Tang Ye fell into deep thought.

It turns out that what Pato said actually made a lot of sense, so Tang Ye stood up.

Under Pato's gaze, Tang Ye found his schoolbag which had been placed in the corner of the room without being moved, and took out a book from it.

Pato's eyes widened because he had seen this book yesterday at the bar.

The Mathematics Workbook provided by Ceramics International School to high school students!
"Alexander, is this okay?"

"This……"

Pato hesitated.

Math homework is indeed a bit difficult to handle.

But Pato also has his difficulties.

After the Dutch top scorer Haller joined Villarreal for a transfer fee of 1500 million euros, Pato is slowly losing his starting striker position.

Thinking of this, Pato reached out and took what Tang Ye handed over.

He wants to progress.

He must improve!

Because if you don’t make progress, it will be too late!

Looking at Pato's determined expression, Tang Ye was a little confused.

It looks... like it's very reliable?
……

PS: It will be 1.5 for a few days, and 2 will consume my saved drafts. I have to keep some saved drafts otherwise the data will be wrong.

(End of this chapter)